Device for playing games



L. E. BRADY.

DEVICE FOR PLAYING fiAMES.

APPLICATION mm MAR. H. 1920.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

gwuenfdz LEVI ELI BRADY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DEVICE FOR PLAYING- GAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application filed March 11, 1920. Serial No. 364,960.

To'aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI ELI BRADY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Playing Games; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel toy, which may beused as an adjunct to different games.

llith this object in view, the invention resides, briefly stated, in aflexible, somewhat resilient, member adapted to be placed upon asuitable support and hit upon one end thereof by the finger of theoperator or by a suitable tool to cause the same to bounce through theair. The accompanying drawing clearly discloses an exemplary form of thedevice. Briefly described:

, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the toy in the act of moving throughthe air after being struck to cause the same to rise from the ground orother support,

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the y,

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view, and

Fig. 4- is a top plan view.

Referring now in detail to the drawing:

The toy is preferably formed as a strip 1 of suitable flexible andresilient material, such as thin steel. The strip is desirably weightedtoward one end thereof, as shown at 2, and toward the other cnd thereof,is advantageously bent, as shown at 3 to pro vide a transverselyV-shaped portion. From the bent portion 3 to the unweighted end of thestrip, the s rip is inclined upward, as shown at 4i.

By preference, the upwardly inclined portion 4: of the toy is providedwith radial ribs 5. Also, if desired, the portion 4 may be slightlyconcaved to conform to the curvature of the end of the operators finger.

The weight 2, at one end of the toy, is disposed beneath the strip 1, asshown.

In operation, the toy is disposed on a suitable support, such as theground, with the weight 2 and the bottom of the V-shaped port on 3resting upon the ground, and the port on 4i at an angle to the ground.The portion 4 may be called the trigger, and may be struck a sharp orquick blow by the operators finger, or by a stick 6, or other operatingmeans, whereupon the toy will rise from the ground and fly through theair a short distance. The distance the toy will fly through the air willdepend, of course, upon the dimensions of the toy and upon the factorsof resilience, etc., and upon the degree of force which is exerted uponthe trigger 4:.

I have found by experiment that the best results are obtained byinclining the trigger -lat an angle of 45 to the support upon which thetoy rests, and, in fact, this degree of angularity is most important inorder to obtain the proper operation of the device. VVith a toy havingan overall length of 21 and a width of approximately =1, and constructedof thin steel, the toy will fly through the air from two or three inchesto four or five feet, according to how hard the operator strikes thetrigger 4.

What I claim to be new is:

1. An aerial toy, comprising a resilient strip, provided toward one endwith a transversely bent V-shaped portion and with an upwardly inclinedportion constituting a trigger adapted to be struck by the operator tocause the toy to rise into the air.

2. An aerial toy, comprising a resilient strip weighted at one end andprovided to ward the other end with a transversely bent V-shaped portionand with an upwardly inclined portion adapted to be struck by theoperator to cause the toy to ascend into the air.

3. An aerial toy comprising a resilient strip, provided toward one endwith an upwardly inclined portion slightly concaved to conform to thecurvature of the end of the operators finger, said portion constitutinga trigger to be struck by the operator to cause the toy to ascend.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

LEVI ELI BRADY.

